Kamloops Crown of Curling

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Kamloops Crown of Curling
Established1974
Host city Kamloops, British Columbia
Arena Kamloops Curling Club
Men's purse$16,000
Women's purse$10,000
Current champions (2023)
Men Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Pierce
Women Flag of British Columbia.svg Corryn Brown
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Kamloops CC

The Kamloops Crown of Curling (formerly the Hub International Crown of Curling, Valley First Crown of Curling, Strauss Crown of Curling, Labatt's Crown of Curling, Labatt Crown of Curling, Thompson Crown of Curling, Thompson Hotel Crown of Curling, and Barton Insurance Crown of Curling) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held in October at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops. The purse for the event is CAD $15,000 for the men's event and $11,000 for the women's event.

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The event has been held since 1974. [1]

Past champions

Men

YearWinning skipRunner-up skipPurse (CAD)
1974 [2] Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Giles Flag of Alberta.svg Tom Kroeger $10,500
1975 [3] Flag of British Columbia.svg Bernie Sparkes Flag of Alberta.svg Tom Kroeger
1976 [4] Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Bob Pickering Flag of British Columbia.svg Bernie Sparkes $15,500
1977 [5] Flag of British Columbia.svg Roy Vinthers Flag of British Columbia.svg Glen Hillson $18,500
1978 [6] Flag of British Columbia.svg Tony Eberts Flag of British Columbia.svg Steve Skillings $25,000
1979 [7] Flag of British Columbia.svg Jack Hockey Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Giles
1980 [8] Flag of Manitoba.svg Kerry Burtnyk Flag of Alberta.svg Ed Lukowich $30,000
1981 [9] Flag of Alberta.svg Frank Bailey Flag of British Columbia.svg Bert Gretzinger $35,000
1982 [10] Flag of Alberta.svg Wayne Sokolosky Flag of British Columbia.svg Dave Simpson$35,000
1983 [11] Flag of British Columbia.svg Paul Gowsell Flag of British Columbia.svg Bert Gretzinger $35,000
1984 [12] Flag of Alberta.svg Dennis Graber Flag of British Columbia.svg Gary Sigurdson
1986 [13] Flag of British Columbia.svg Craig Lepine Flag of Alberta.svg Kurt Balderston
1987 [14] Flag of British Columbia.svg Mike Chernoff
1988 [15] Flag of British Columbia.svg Dan Cleutinx Flag of British Columbia.svg Eric Wiltzen $55,000 [16]
1989 [17] Flag of British Columbia.svg Earl Blom Flag of British Columbia.svg Jim Armstrong
1990 [18] Flag of British Columbia.svg Al Moore Flag of British Columbia.svg Eric Wiltzen
1991 [19] Flag of British Columbia.svg Michael Vavrek Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Al Lind
1992 [20] Flag of Alberta.svg Mickey Pendergast Flag of Alberta.svg Adrian Bakker $33,250 [21]
1993 [22] Flag of British Columbia.svg Al Moore Flag of British Columbia.svg Rob Kuroyama
1994 [23] Flag of Ontario.svg Al Hackner Flag of British Columbia.svg Sandy MacDonald$36,000
1995 [24] Flag of British Columbia.svg Ed Dezura Flag of British Columbia.svg Brad Clark
1996 [25] Flag of Sweden.svg Peja Lindholm Flag of Alberta.svg Terry Meek $34,400
1997 [26] Flag of British Columbia.svg Bert Gretzinger Flag of Alberta.svg Mickey Pendergast
1998 [27] Flag of Alberta.svg Randy Ferbey Flag of British Columbia.svg Greg McAulay
1999 [28] Flag of British Columbia.svg Greg McAulay Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Giles
2000 [29] Flag of Alberta.svg Dennis Graber Flag of British Columbia.svg Barry McPhee
2001 [30] Flag of Alberta.svg Adrian Bakker Flag of British Columbia.svg Bert Gretzinger $57,700
2002 [31] Flag of British Columbia.svg Mike Wood Flag of British Columbia.svg Bert Gretzinger $35,800
2003 [32] Flag of British Columbia.svg Bert Gretzinger Flag of British Columbia.svg Rick Folk $40,700
2004 [33] Flag of British Columbia.svg Bob Ursel Flag of British Columbia.svg Brian Windsor $40,700
2005 [34] Flag of British Columbia.svg Bert Gretzinger Flag of the United States.svg Pete Fenson $48,000
2006 [35] Flag of Manitoba.svg Kerry Burtnyk Flag of British Columbia.svg Bob Ursel $50,000
2007 Flag of British Columbia.svg Bryan Miki Flag of British Columbia.svg Greg McAulay $50,000 [36]
2008 Flag of British Columbia.svg Rick Folk Flag of Alberta.svg Kevin Koe $50,000 [37]
2009 [38] Flag of Alberta.svg Ted Appelman Flag of Alberta.svg Chris Schille $34,000
2010 [39] Flag of British Columbia.svg Jim Cotter Flag of Alberta.svg Steve Petryk $34,000
2011 [40] Flag of British Columbia.svg Andrew Bilesky Flag of British Columbia.svg Grant Olsen $32,000
2012 [41] Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Pierce Flag of Alberta.svg Jamie King $32,000
2013 [42] Flag of British Columbia.svg Grant Dezura Flag of British Columbia.svg Dean Joanisse $25,000
2014 [43] Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Pierce Flag of British Columbia.svg Sean Geall $30,000
2015 [44] Flag of British Columbia.svg Sean Geall Flag of British Columbia.svg Dean Joanisse $26,000
2016 [45] Flag of British Columbia.svg Dean Joanisse Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Soo-hyuk $26,000
2017 Event cancelled [46]
2018 Flag of British Columbia.svg Sean Geall Flag of British Columbia.svg Josh Barry $16,000
2019 [47] Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Matsumura Flag of British Columbia.svg Tyler Tardi $16,000
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia [48]
2021 [49] Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Soo-hyuk Flag of British Columbia.svg Jeff Richard $12,200
2022 [50] Flag of Japan.svg Hayato Sato Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Pierce $15,000
2023 [51] Flag of British Columbia.svg Brent Pierce Flag of British Columbia.svg Kyler Kleibrink $16,000

Women

YearWinning skipRunner-up skipPurse (CAD)
1986 [52] Flag of Alberta.svg Phyl Raymond Flag of Alberta.svg Judy Pendergast
1987 [53] Flag of Alberta.svg Carol Davis Flag of Alberta.svg Sandra Risebrough
1988 [15] Flag of British Columbia.svg Julie Sutton Flag of British Columbia.svg Sheril Becker
1989 [17] Flag of Alberta.svg Wendy Conn Flag of Alberta.svg Susan Seitz
1990 [18] Flag of Manitoba.svg Connie Laliberte Flag of British Columbia.svg Sue Garvey
1991 [19] Flag of British Columbia.svg Julie Sutton Flag of British Columbia.svg Cyndra McKinnon
1992 [54] Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelley Owen
1993 [22] Flag of British Columbia.svg Sheril Becker Flag of British Columbia.svg Allison MacInnes
1994 [55] Flag of British Columbia.svg Sherry Heath Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelley Owen
1995 [24] Flag of British Columbia.svg Sue Garvey Flag of British Columbia.svg Linda Kirton
1996 [56] Flag of British Columbia.svg Pat Sanders Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelly MacKenzie $20,000 [25]
1997 [26] Flag of British Columbia.svg Sue Garvey Flag of British Columbia.svg Georgina Wheatcroft
1998 [57] Flag of Alberta.svg Sheila Heath Flag of British Columbia.svg Sherry Heath
1999 [58] Flag of British Columbia.svg Allison MacInnes Flag of British Columbia.svg Chris Makarowski
2000 [59] Flag of Alberta.svg Shannon Kleibrink Flag of British Columbia.svg Sherry Heath
2001 Flag of British Columbia.svg Shelley MacDonald
2002 [60] Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelly Scott Flag of British Columbia.svg Marla Mallett
2003 [61] Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelly Scott Flag of British Columbia.svg Tracey Jones
2004 [62] Flag of Japan.svg Moe Meguro Flag of British Columbia.svg Colleen Hannah
2005 [63] Flag of British Columbia.svg Toni Wells Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Onodera $24,000
2006 [64] Flag of British Columbia.svg Pat Sanders Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Bingyu $34,000
2007 Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelly Scott Flag of British Columbia.svg Marla Mallett $34,000
2008 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Mi-Yeon Flag of British Columbia.svg Marla Mallett $34,000 [65]
2009 [66] Flag of British Columbia.svg Colleen Hannah Flag of Alberta.svg Faye White $34,000
2010 [67] Flag of British Columbia.svg Allison MacInnes Flag of British Columbia.svg Marla Mallett $34,000
2011 [68] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michèle Jäggi Flag of Russia.svg Olga Zyablikova $34,000
2012 [69] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Bingyu Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Nielsen $34,000
2013 [70] Flag of the United States.svg Allison Pottinger Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Ogasawara $35,000
2014 [71] Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Ogasawara Flag of British Columbia.svg Kelly Scott $30,000
2015 [72] Flag of South Korea.svg Gim Un-chi Flag of Japan.svg Satsuki Fujisawa $26,000
2016 [73] Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Min-ji Flag of Japan.svg Satsuki Fujisawa $26,000
2017 [74] Flag of British Columbia.svg Dailene Pewarchuk Flag of British Columbia.svg Patti Knezevic $12,000
2018 [75] Flag of British Columbia.svg Sarah Wark Flag of British Columbia.svg Kim Slattery$9,950
2019 [76] Flag of British Columbia.svg Corryn Brown Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Siyu$9,950
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
2021Event cancelled
2022 [77] Flag of British Columbia.svg Corryn Brown Flag of British Columbia.svg Diane Gushulak $11,000
2023 [78] Flag of British Columbia.svg Corryn Brown Flag of British Columbia.svg Kim Dennis$10,000

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